Antoni Bassas' analysis: 'Netanyahu, from the right to defend himself to ethnic cleansing'
It has cost a lot, it has cost us so much that we see skeletal children, but the war in Gaza has broken two great taboos. One, in Israel: it is important that everyone see the cruelty with which it retaliates when attacked. And two, in Europe, understandably cautious because antisemitism justified the Nazi extermination camps and antisemitism is at work on the streets of Europe, it has decided that the fear of rekindling old flames cannot prevent severe censure of what Israel is doing.
On Monday, Netanyahu recorded a video to explain to the Israelis why he was allowing food trucks into the Gaza Strip, and he made it clear: allied countries are calling him to tell him they can't bear the images of starving children.
In fact, yesterday the UN warned that 14,000 babies could die of hunger in the next 48 hours in Gaza due to the blockade and bombing. And just yesterday, a majority of EU countries He expressed his support for reviewing the EU-Israel association agreement, formally commercial, for failing to respect human rights. Perhaps the practical effects of these Brussels moves won't be significant, but the political effects will be. The policy of turning Gaza into a rubble dump where no one can live, which has already cost more than 50,000 lives, has turned Netanyahu into a suspected criminal in the eyes of the International Criminal Court and is turning Israel into a country targeted by a significant portion of the world.
It has cost a lot, it has cost us so much that we see skeletal children, but the war in Gaza has broken two great taboos. One, in Israel: the government has ordered the killing of civilians, with bombs, bullets, or starvation, deliberately, in broad daylight, before the eyes of the world. It no longer matters: what matters is that everyone sees how cruelly it retaliates when attacked (with the invaluable help of the United States) so that everyone will feel the urge to do so. And in Europe, understandably cautious because antisemitism justified the Nazi extermination camps and antisemitism is at work on the streets of Europe, it has decided that the fear of rekindling old flames cannot prevent severe censorship of what Israel is doing.
If we take it to Spain, we have had a paradox for some time now: the PP and Vox support Israel (with varying degrees of public enthusiasm) and The left makes common cause with the Palestinians. 50 years ago it was the other way around: Franco's dictatorship never had diplomatic relations with Israel, the "Judaism" It was a crime like Freemasonry, and Franco was "the friend of IslamThe embassies in Madrid and Tel Aviv were opened under democracy. The fact is that now the Congress of Deputies has taken the first step toward approving a law embargoing Israeli arms (not buying them) with 176 votes in favor and 171 against.
However, Defense Minister Margarita Robles has already said that It will depend on each case, unless the Spanish military were left unprotected.And the embargo depends on European regulations, so it can't be decreed alone.
The consequence for Catalonia of this change in the international scene is that the Generalitat (Catalan government) will immediately close its trade relations office in Tel Aviv, under pressure from the Comuns (Communist Party) and with the support of the ERC (Republican Left). With this decision, Isla aligns herself with Pedro Sánchez, as expected, taking advantage of the winds blowing from the EU, and pleases both investiture partners, especially the Comuns (Communist Party).
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